Scope and Contents This collection contains an original manuscript from the era of the Spanish conquest in Spanish Americain 1546. The next item is from two hundred and fifty years later – a manuscript papal document (Pius VI)with tables of the church’s revenues and additional documentation from the government in Mexico. A Royal decree from Charles IV, along with proclamations from Viceroys, Commandants and the Emperor Augustin Iturbide broaden the perspective of the collection. The collection’s chronological...

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This is a single item collection. This collection contains a letter written by Mexican President Anastasio Bustamente.

Scope and Contents The Carnaval De Huejotzingo Collection contains the art work of Fernando Ramirez Osorio. The majority of the artwork is large poster sized prints that have been autographed by Osorio. The poster prints are individually numbered and packaged in large Carnaval De Huejotzingo commemorative envelopes. A complete set includes five poster prints and the collection contains five complete sets. One set has been framed and is displayed on the first floor of the Newton Gresham Library. The collection...

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The Presidential Speech Collection is comprised of several speeches given to the United States Congress, House of Representatives, and other governmental agencies by early United States Presidents (JamesMadison, James Monroe, John Adams, James K. Polk, John Quincy Adams, and James Buchanan).

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The materials in this collection are composed of 175 separate issues of the Alumnus Magazine.

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This collection consists of a publication containing correspondence between Fort Brown, Texas and Mexican authorities after the death of Maj. Gen. Canales, General-in-Chief of the Division Canales, Army of Mexico.

Scope and Contents The manuscript collection begins with the personal papers of Henderson Yoakum, who wrote the first comprehensive history of Texas. They include a muster roll from his Cherokee campaign, discharge orders and payment authorizations for his troops, as well as Yoakum’s license to practice law. The Texana Documents collection also contains papers and letters related to early Texas, primarily focusing on annexation issues, during the period from 1842-1845. In the Correspondence section, Governor...

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This collection contains information pertaining to Dr. William Breitenbach’s work with Mexican artists and masks. Items included in this collection are correspondence, photographs, descriptions of Breitenbach’s masks, and other professional papers.

*Dr. Breitenbach’s Mexican Mask Collection can be viewed online at the following link: http://digital.library.shsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p243vra